Association between time to diagnosis, time to treatment, and ovarian cancer survival in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluate the association between time to diagnosis and treatment of advanced ovarian cancer with overall and ovarian cancer specific mortality using a retrospective cross sectional study of a population based cancer registry database.

Methods

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare database was searched from 1992 to 2015 for women aged ≥66 years with epithelial ovarian cancer and abdominal/pelvic pain, bloating, difficulty eating, or urinary symptoms within 1 year of cancer diagnosis. Time from presentation to diagnosis and treatment were evaluated as outcomes and covariables. Cox regression models and adjusted Kaplan-Meier curves evaluated 5 year overall and cancer-specific survival.

Results

Among 13 872 women, better survival was associate

SUBMITTER: Huepenbecker SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10410715 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature